Comments on: Lost: 5 Seasons In Under 2 Minutes

By: JessRoss

JessRoss — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:50:28 +0000

I was going to recommend the video Valerie posted. I feel like between that, and your own summary people could get a pretty good (though basic) idea of Lost…though I think it would be impossible to understand every little bit even if you have watched the every episode. Lost like to keeps it’s viewers slightly “lost” at all times

By: Angela

Angela — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:28:52 +0000

“If you haven’t been sucked into the lost phenomenon yet wait until the summer so that you don’t completely abandon the rest of the semester and all of your academic responsibilities.”

Uh-oh. I think it’s already too late for me. Senioritis to the max, plus I’m all for LaFleur.

I remember that you were saying that the Internet has made it easier for fans to feel as though the program were “real” via phony airline sites. I mentioned this in class, but I think consumers of new media have come a long way from the War of the Worlds radio fiasco; if it doesn’t seem real, it probably isn’t.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:36:22 +0000

Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B80U1NlhKu8

This little summary sums up some more in depth details.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:23:10 +0000

Yeah I agree with Petra I never understood Lost…I wondered how could people be “lost” for five seasons? But I guess since this is such a big phenomenon it will be interesting to see how this show with such a huge fan base and which is based on a sort of “out of reality” world has created a fan based which has become “out of touch with reality”.

By: petra

petra — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:20:09 +0000

I’ve always wondered what was up with Lost and why everyone is so crazy about it…. your explaination in the begining of the video clears up a lot. I would try to watch it but it’s structure seems so elusive and scattered, I could never follow the story-line. So this is part of the aesthetic, and it adds to the suspense of the show. For your next post, I would be interested to see how this basic aesthetic element of the show creates a devoted fan base (and conversely confused casual viewers), and how this aesthetic lends itself to the development of online fan-communities…